128 Nigerian policemen killed in 3 months: police chief

ABUJA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 128 Nigerian policemen died on duty in the past three months, the country's Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris said Wednesday. The police personnel died while preventing attacks or ensuring law and order in various parts of the West African country, Idris said in a statement to Xinhua. The police chief cited recent killings by bandits in the northwestern state of Zamfara, the southeastern state of Anambra, and in Okrika waterways in the oil-rich Rivers State as "disturbing cases in point." He said efforts have been intensified to halt the trend of killing.